There, screwed into the counter, was a food chopper.

Hamilton Beach food choppers come equipped with a stainless steel chopping blade for powerful, reliable results.

But wait - as they say on those television commercials for food choppers - there's an even cheaper resource for this fabulous wallpaper.

Equipped with precise stainless-steel blades, this electric food chopper works great for chopping, mincing, dicing, and more.

They also sold vanilla, magazines, food choppers, pocket books, cookbooks, peanut brittle, cards, and belt rings.

Costing $15 to $25 (depending on the model), the Zyliss hand-held food chopper from Switzerland is not a triumph of avant-garde design.

Hand Food Chopper Cost: $15-$20.

Her friend, Jacinta Stoica, who assembles food choppers, said that despite the problem her family would have a normal Christmas.

Late-night television sold Ronco's Veg-O-Matic food choppers.

Wal-Mart, which had called its price reductions moderate this year, nevertheless was selling small appliances - a fondue set, a small food chopper or a steam iron - for $4.77.

If you call in right away, he promises, and order the food chopper or vacuum cleaner he is selling, he'll throw in a free pennant from Bayonne Technical High School!

Mays then traveled to home shows, auto shows, and state fairs across the United States for a period of twelve years, selling various maintenance products and tools, including cleaning products and food choppers.

Mr. Karp, who has collected 20,000 uncommon objects - washboards, cigar bands, corkscrews, figural can openers, food choppers, Coca-Cola trays and "naughty Nelly" bootjacks - rarely buys fewer than 20 of any collectible.

ABOVE THE SINK IN THE KITCHEN of Marilynn and Ivan Karp's 150-year-old farmhouse outside this upstate New York city hang rows of food choppers, beaters and graters.